The Calm Before . . .
It's five a.m., and the Westin Kierland is eerily quiet. I slipped out of bed 15 minutes ago, splashed some water on my face, dressed and made my way to hotel lobby and across to the ballroom where, in just a few hours, DEMO@15! will get underway. This is one of my favorite moments at DEMO, the moment of greatest anticipation.
Products, under development and under wraps sometimes for years, will come to light this morning. Often, the companies that have created them will make their debut as well. Seventy-three products in all, ranging from a famework for grid-like computing on a Windows platform to a scanner than guarantees the perfect fit of jeans. This broadly diverse class of products speaks volumes about the state of the industry, the health of innovation, the breadth of imagination. (A little later today, after I’ve given it, I’ll post my opening remarks which speak to those issues.)
Over the next two days, these products will roll out to fanfare, speculation, analysis and critique. Seven hundred technology execs, investors, and media will have lots to say about DEMO@15! and the companies that are launching here.
Jason Calacanis is here blogging DEMO. So is Robert Scoble, and a dozen other bloggers. DEMO is aggregating a lot of these blogs on its site, and I'll be blogging from back stage as the event unfolds.
But right now, all's quiet at DEMO.
Posted by Chris Shipley at February 14, 2005 04:15 AM
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